U-505 submarine

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
Type IXC U-boat
gptkbp:armament 1 × 10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun
1 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 anti-aircraft gun
2 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft guns
22 torpedoes
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation_(USS_Guadalcanal_task_group)
gptkbp:beam 6.76 m
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Deutsche_Werft
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Hamburg,_Germany
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Axel_Löwe
gptkb:Harald_Lange
gptkb:Peter_Zschech
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
4 June 1944
gptkbp:capturedByShip gptkb:USS_Pillsbury
USS Guadalcanal
gptkbp:capturedOffCoastOf gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:commissioned 26 August 1941
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:crewComplement 48
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Museum_of_Science_and_Industry,_Chicago
gptkbp:displacement 1,120 tonnes (surfaced)
1,232 tonnes (submerged)
gptkbp:draught 4.7 m
gptkbp:endDate 1944
gptkbp:fate gptkb:ship
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-505 submarine
gptkbp:launched 25 May 1941
gptkbp:length 76.76 m
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:museumSince 1954
gptkbp:notableEvent Capture provided Allied forces with Enigma machine and codebooks
gptkbp:notableFor Only German submarine captured by US forces on the high seas during WWII
gptkbp:numberOfPatrols 12
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:preserves Only Type IXC U-boat on display in the United States
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 13,450 nautical miles at 10 knots (surfaced)
63 nautical miles at 4 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:shipsDamaged 4
gptkbp:shipsSunk 8
gptkbp:speed 18.3 knots (surfaced)
7.3 knots (submerged)
gptkbp:startYear 1941
gptkbp:status Preserved
gptkbp:website https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/u-505/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Museum_of_Science_and_Industry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4